Winnipeg, Manitoba Winnipeg-made movie with predominantly Filipino cast makes successful run despite pandemic Teodoro Alcuitas Editor, Philippine Canadian News.Com The first Canadian-made movie to feature an almost all Filipino cast will now be available on video (VDO), says Sean Garrity, producer and filmmaker of ‘‘I Propose We Never See Each Other Again After Tonight’. On
Historic Kogawa House hosting workshops from December 3, 2020 – January 21, 2021 Author C.E. Gatchalian will lead QueerAsian, a series of workshops for people who identify as LGBTQI+ Asians, focused on anti-Asian racism during the pandemic. The Queer Asian/Filipinx author of “Double Melancholy’ will be hosting the workshops at the historic Joy Kogawa House
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Updated:November 11, 2020, 9 PM Vancouver, B.C. Na alaala namin kayo… Teodoro Alcuitas Editor, Philippine Canadian News.Com As Canada today celebrates National Remembrance Day to honour the men and women who died in world wars especially the European theatre of war, we also pause to remember the veterans of another war – the Pacific War.
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Tribute to Filipino frontline workers who have died of Covid Teodoro Alcuitas, Editor, Philippine Canadian News.Com Poet Shirley Camia’s poetry animation Novena is among four Filipino films featured in the years’ Reel Asian Film Festival All films are screening digitally across Canada from November 12 to 19. Created in June to commemorate Filipino Heritage Month, Novena
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Canada has now issued 87,350 ITAs this year CIC News – The Voice of Canadian Immigrants Published on November 5th, 2020 at 11:07am EST A total of 4,500 invitations went to Express Entry candidates with a minimum Comprehensive Ranking System (CRS) score requirement of 478. French-speaking candidates are eligible for more CRS points in
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Restoring Equity and Opportunity for All Americans We, at the Filipino-American Human Rights Alliance (FAHRA) are joyous as well as optimistic of our task in rebuilding America at the onset of the Biden-Harris victory in this last presidential elections. As a nation, we have been deeply wounded for the last four years with hatred, misogyny,
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United States Kamala Harris first woman, Black and South Asian Vice-President Commentary Teodoro Alcuitas Editor, Philippine Canadian news.Com After a week-long emotional see-saw watching the U.S. elections, we woke up this morning to a new dawn in the country so racked up by fear and division. “Democracy won over atrocity,” says Vancouver mother Anna Dequito.
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Canada To Accept over 1 Million New Immigrants in Next Three Years amid COVID-19 Restrictions The government has set new immigration quotas for 2021-2023 and hopes to admit as many as 1.2 million people over the three-year period in recognition of immigrants’ contributions to the economy. Mansoor Tanweer October 30, 2020 The federal government announced
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Edmonton, Alberta University of the Philippines Alumni Association Edmonton (UPAAE) The Edmonton Philippine International Centre (EPIC Alberta) Writing for Children 0-8 Thursday, November 12 6:00 to 7:30PM MST Register here: Link to Form Local Edmonton author, Mila Bongco, shares tips on creating graphic narratives for children and guides us through the submission process. Open Submissions
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BY RUTH ROACH PIERSON To open All Violet is to enter a world like that of Berlin throughout the Weimar Republic, the Berlin of Christopher Isherwood and Der blaue Engel cross-pollinated with Nosferatu and Dr. Caligari. To open All Violet is to be greeted by a soul-searching young woman in love with words while sickened by
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